News and Views is published bi-monthly by the Housing Authority of Phenix City. If you or a member of your family have any news events, success stories suggestions or questions about the paper, please contact us at (334) 664-9991 ext 207 or HRamey@PCHousing.org. All suggestions, and comments will be really appreciated. If you’d rather have an electronic version of this newsletter please call or email contact listed above. Thank you! Executive Director: Ms. Mary Mayrose Editor, Haley Ramey

THE PHENIX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY 200 16TH STREET POST OFFICE BOX 338 PHENIX CITY, AL 36868-0338

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Summer Edition ~ June-July 2017

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Our goal is to create positive living environments and improve the

quality of life for our residents. This is accomplished by providing

housing and programs through the Phenix City Housing Authority.

Call 334-664-991 ext 207 about ANY of the listed information

June 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 National 3 SAT & ACT

4 National

Cancer

Survivor Day

5

6 D-Day

Anniversary

7 8 World

Oceans Day

9 Full Moon 10

11 12

WP Meeting at

5

13

RIVERVIEW 4-6

RESOUCE FAIR

& MEETING

14 LP Meeting

at 11

Scholarship for

a Full Ride to

CVCC due!

15 BLAKE

RESOURCE

FAIR &

MEETING 12-3

16 Magnolia

Manor Bingo

Bash

17 Columbus

Family Day

Music Fest

18

Happy Fathers

Day Dads!

19

FRED 4-6

RESOUCE FAIR!

20 Kids & Kin

Workshop

21

Blake Pest Con-

trol

22 23 24 Comedy

Show @ River-

Center

25 26 27 28

LP STOUGH 4-6

RESOUCE FAIR!

29

Kids & Kin

Workshop

30

FASFA Dead-

line for College

July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Tour de

France

2 3 4 July 4th!

PCHA Office

Closed

5 6 7 8

9 10

CAREER CAMP

5:30

11 MLB All-

Star Game

12 Whispering

Pines Resident

Meeting 5:30

13 US Wom-

en’s Open

Championship

14 15

16 National Ice

Cream Day

17

CAREER CAMP

5:30

18 LP Resident

Meeting 5:30

19

Trinity UMC

Block Party

20 Blake Pot-

luck at noon

21 22

23 Wedding

Extravaganza

Columbus

24

CAREER CAMP

5:30

25 Fred D.

Resident

Meeting 5:30

26 27 28 29

30 31 CAREER

CAMP 5:30

A GED is pointless. I’m not going to waste my time.

WRONG! Most jobs do not hire without a GED or Diploma. Especially, jobs with adequate pay. If you want more, you got to give more. GED Classes ARE FREE!! After hours and pretest scores are met, you can receive a voucher for the testing. Do not have transportation: Classes held on site at RV and PEX drops off at CVCC.

Tuesday-Thursday from 6:30-8:30 PM at Chuck Roberts Doesn’t fit your schedule: CVCC offers various times for any schedule. Call Haley Ramey to learn more 334-664-9991 ext 207

Cool. I got a GED, then what?

GLAD YOU ASKED!!! Get your GED while dually enrolling in college. CVCC will walk you through during the process so you won’t be over-

whelmed! CVCC’s certificate programs do not have enough graduates for the amount of

employers calling to hire! They pay well, too y’all!

Don’t play. I KNOW college isn’t free, though.

BUT IT IS!!! CVCC has a scholarship for a full-ride for gradu-ating high schoolers AND adults who have been out of high

school for 5 or more years. Deadline is 6/15 so call me ASAP to apply. FASFA Deadline in 6/30.

ANNNNND WIOA funds certain programs at certain schools IN

FULL until Associate’s Degree is obtained.

Don’t let your future pass you up! Haley Ramey 334-664-9991 ext 207

Through partnership with CVCC, we have found a way to provide easier, bite-size programs to help you reach your

brighter future.

RESIDENT MEETINGS

The Phenix City Housing Authority is so lucky to have such a wonderful community and such great

residents. Resident Involvement is VITAL to making a happy, healthy and supportive community. Our

programs do not work without you. Resident Council formation has begun at Fred, let’s keep this

momentum going! Please attend our meetings to learn how to give & GET from your community.

Riverview Apartments: June 13th at 4 PM– Chuck Roberts Center Fredrick Douglas: June 13th at 11 AM & June 25th at 5:30 PM– FD Occupancy Office H.L. Blake: June 15th & July 20th at noon in Blake Community Center Whispering Pines: June 12th at 5 PM & July 12th at 5:30 PM in WP Community Room L.P. Stough: June 14th at 11 AM & July 19th at 5:30 PM in LP Community Center

1. Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar; beating well at

medium speed with electric mixer. 2. Add cream cheese beating well until light and fluffy. 3. Alternate adding flour and eggs, beginning and ending with flour. 4. Stir in vanilla 5. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. 6. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a wooden

toothpick comes out clean. 7. Cool in pan 10 minutes. 8. Remove from pan and let cake cool completely on wire rack.

Ingredients:

1 c. butter (soft)

1/2 c. shorten-ing

3 c. sugar

1 8oz pk of cream cheese (soft)

3 c. of sifted cake flour

6 eggs

1 tbs vanilla extract

Ms. Garner is a resident at Blake and has been making

this cake for years! She makes it for her neighbors

to enjoy at the Blake Potluck every month!

Ready to Work Program is a FREE program from CVCC that covers topics in communication skills, computer skills, problem solving, workplace behavior, manufacturing and job acquisition. Successful completion of the program results in the award of an Alabama Certified Worker Certificate and an Alabama Career Readiness Certificate. Some employers require this certificate and they offer it free!

Goodwill Career Center is located at 3605 US Highway 431N in Phenix City. They are open Mondays– Thursdays from 9:00 am– 1:00 pm & 2:00-6:00 pm and Fridays from 9:00 am– 3:00 pm. The career center holds job fairs and has a job board in their office where employers call them looking for employees. They can help you search for jobs online, build your resume, work on career planning, job application skills, email etiquette, and improve your computer skills. If you’re looking for a job or just beginning the process– Ms. Miles has your back. Call them at 334– 664– 9716

Speaking of JOBS….. Read below! Call 334– 664– 9991 ext 207

Riverview: 16th St on the :46 of the hour Columbus Metra Exchange: 2nd Av on the :42 of the hour LP Stough: 10th and 1st on the :33 of the hour CVCC stop: on the 22 of the hour Fred Douglas: 15th and 11th on the :48 of the hour

Believe it or not the PEX Bus does run! They run a North and South line that has close to 30 stops an hour. It runs from 8 am– 4 pm M-F. Color coded routes and stops for

developments are listed to the left.

Call the hotline below if you are experiencing any form

abuse.

Call Haley Ramey 334-664-9991 ext 207 or

211 for food, clothing, utility assistance, mental health, family support,

etc.

LRCOG Area on Aging has so many senior services: Home Delivered Meals, Medicaid Waiver (to provide in home services to prevent going to a nursing home), legal matters, caregiver issues, discounted or free prescription drugs, etc.

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners of the

“What home means to me” Poster Contest

As part of NAHRO's Housing America n campaign, a poster contest is held each year for children residing in affordable housing and reflect the national theme of

“What Home Means to Me.”

Our two winners beat there age groups out of every housing authority in Alabama! They are now sent into the National Contest!! The 12 national winners will each receive a $100 Visa gift

card. Grand Prize winner receives a iPad and trip to DC for recognition!!

Ivana Doleman

Grades K-5– 2nd Place

Toriauna Sanders

Grades 6-8– 1st Place

We’re trying to stay more connected with the community so please call Haley (334) 664-9991 ext 207 if you’d like to be

looped in via email or text about local events.

Instagram: @phenixcityhousing

Twitter:

@PCHousingAL

LP Stough Community Garden Come tend to your garden! Calling for garden leaders

to help water and lightly tend to the garden once a week or less! Anyone can participate but please call to

discover how you can directly get involved! 334-664-9991 ext 207!

Good to know: Susie E. Allen accepting patients for

affordable health care: 334-560-5393

Children and Family Connection of Russell County, Inc. (CFC) is a family resource center that provides clothing, case management, legal help, etc. 334-448-1010

Computer Coding Classes for youth– call 334-297-1139 to register

House of Mercy gives free lunch M-F at 11 am

Salvation Army gives free dinner everyday at 5

WELCOME SPRING!! Many of our residents have been planting beautiful flowers in their front yard. They are so

pretty. Thank you for taking pride in your neighborhood! Every third Thursday we have a luncheon at the Blake community room. All residents are invited. Haley Ramey, our resident services supervisor has been scheduling guests to bring information that is very helpful to our residents. June’s potluck

luncheon will be June 15th 2017 at NOON. Following directly after from 1-3 pm will be a resource fair and there will be speakers from the community providing services that you may like to access. We look

forward to seeing you there! Pat White Property Manager- H. L. Blake Homes, Frederick Douglass Homes, Whispering Pines Apartments

H. L. Blake Homes

Summer break is here, and there are some things that we must prepare for! Our number one goal is to provide a safe and sanitary living environment for all our residents. During the summer months, the focus shifts more to the safety of our children. Parents, when operating your vehicles please drive slower than normal through the complex. ALL GUESTS OR VISITORS should not be taking the resident parking. Vehicles without a parking permit are subject to towing. Please make sure on weekends, we still follow

the rules and regulations of our lease agreement. This is your responsibility as the head of house-hold to make sure that your guests follow our rules which are in your lease agreement. Also, let’s keep our yards clean and let’s make sure that we are putting our garbage cans out weekly for trash pick-up.

Last but not least, make sure that we respect our housing community, this housing authority, and our neighbors, by following the rules and regulations of your lease agreement. Parents, keep your children in sight at all times and out of the neighbor’s yard, porches, flower beds, etc., so this summer can be a great

FUN SUMMER for us all.

And please remember, RENT IS DUE ON THE 1ST

OF EACH MONTH every month.

DON’T MISS THE RESOURCE FAIR AT THE FRED OCCUPANCY OFFICE ON JUNE 19th FROM 4-6!

-Pat White & Monica Thomas

Frederick Douglass

Whispering Pines

Thanks for being a great community! Please continue to attend resource fairs and meetings! Here are a few reminders to keep our development great! Parking: Each apartment is assigned one (1) parking space. If you have more than one vehicle

please use the extra spaces in each lot or if it’s just for a short time, use the visitors spaces. Also, be considerate of the tenants that don’t own a vehicle, they may need their assigned spots for visiting fami-ly members.

Parking decals: Please get your parking decals for your vehicles. Bring in your registration. All cars that don’t have a decal are subject to being towed at the owners expense.

Parents: I am not able to open doors for anyone not head of household. I cannot unlock the door and let your child or teenager in if I do not speak to a parent first. Please call if needed.

Bulletin Boards: Each building is equipped with a board. Please check the boards from time to time. General information will be posted there occasionally instead of notices door to door.

Unstops: please be advised that there will be a charge added to your account for all unstops / clogs at your apartment. Pictures will be taken.

Newsletter: If there is anything that you would like to submit (accomplishments, awards, etc. ) to be published in the newsletter, please let me know.

-Raymond Cook

Health & Nutrition The Alabama Extension program is offering classes to our residents! Ms. Elaine Harper is hosting EFNEP Classes: a healthy lifestyle cooking class while working on an affordable budget. Congrats to our first graduates:

1. Brandi Sanders 2. Doronica Ousley 3. Zelda Johnson

Ms. Harper has an EFNEP Class currently in session at LP Stough every Monday at 2 PM. She is looking to start another class at Riverview at 10 am. Call to tell us your availability and get started today in her EFNEP Classes or her Today’s Mom classes. Both are free and help prepare you for a healthy life for you and your family! 334-664-9991 ext 207

Trinity United Methodist Neighborhood Block Party

Come out and join this fun event or the whole family! Carnival games, food, music and fun!

July 19th in the grassy lot by Trinity United Methodist beside Riverview!

Flyers and signs will be posted closer to date.

The Kids and Kin Program is continuing their classes through the summer! See schedule below. Call Haley Ramey to get involved. We’d like to recognize our participants and celebrate their plans to continue through the program to get their certificates! We are

proud of all the hard work you do for your families!

June 20th 12– 2 pm June 29th 12:30– 2:30

July 6th 12:30– 2:30 pm July 31st 12– 2 pm

LOOKING FOR STUDENTS!!! Child Care Available! CVCC Adult Education Program offers a FREE GED Preparation Class at :

Chuck Roberts Activity Center (Riverview Gymnasium) 200 16th Street, Phenix City AL 36868

Classes are every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30-8:30 PM. CVCC offers different times and different locations if these do not fit your schedule.

For more information please contact:

Haley Ramey (334)-664-9991 ext 207

If you’re ready to make positive change in your life

but not positive how to take the next steps call

334– 664– 9991 ext 207 to learn how to get

involved and join the program!

Summer Lunch is June 5th– July 21st of 2017. Feeding sites are at Fred Douglas

Occupancy Office, Chuck Roberts Community Center at Riverview and LP

Stough’s Community Room. Free hot lunch for youth 18 and under every week day

starting at 11. Fred Douglas is beginning a mentorship program during summer

lunch! Come join us!

Visit the Communities of Transformation website at http://www.communitiesoftransformation.org

New program beginning in August!

LP Stough Homes

Dear Residents, it’s that time of the year! School is out and it’s getting hot! Please keep in mind outside water use is not allowed on property due to the Housing Authority responsible for the water bill. Another reminder of no swimming pools or no bouncy play equipment for children are allowed on site. I know you

are limited to what to do for the children in the complex but there are other alternatives: Phenix City has a water park – located on 5

th St. So off Seale Rd, Housing Authority has Summer Camp for children, and

there are several parks that are available thru the city. Don’t forget about summer lunches free for anyone under 18 every week day starting at 11. Thank you for understanding and please be considerate and

make plans for the summer! We want everyone to have a nice summer and to get the children engaged in community activities.

L P Stough Office are holding cooking classes on every Monday in the Community Room – this is FREE

from the Russell County Extension Service, please residents come out and be a part. Again FREE, FREE, FREE! Get involved in your community garden and bring fresh fruits and veggies to the classes!

Please attend our community Resource Fair on Wednesday June 28th from 4-6! Lots of services for you

and your family will be there! Come sign up for assistance! -Pattie Jakes

Riverview Apartments

RIVERVIEW RENTAL OFFICE: 334-298-7864

FREDERICK DOUGLAS RENTAL OFFICE: 334-298-0062

L.P. STOUGH RENTAL OFFICE : 334-214-5778

H.L.BLAKE RENTAL OFFICE: 334-448-0685

WHISPERING PINES RENTAL OFFICE: 334-664-1041

Emergency Maintenance Night Calls: If maintenance request is an immediate threat to life, health and safety to property or to a resident, or related to fire safety, call (706)- 576-9086

Message from Maintenance

Summer is here and school is out! Congratulations to our kids who were promoted to a higher level of learning in school this year. Please know that we are so proud of each of them. Getting an education is one of the most important and rewarding tools to have in life. In fact, success starts with a good educa-tional background, so therefore Mitchel and I would like to encourage our young people to aim high and

be all that they can be in life.

Be reminded that the summer food program will be held June 5 – July 28, 2017. This program is FREE to everyone 18 years of age and younger. There are several sites throughout the city, and a distinct hon-or has been afforded us because one of the sites is the Chuck Roberts Activity Center located right here in Riverview. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Please allow our kids to come and take advantage of

these free meals.

We can’t stress enough that parking spaces in the parking lots are for people who live in the complex and HAVE THE PROPER PARKING DECALS IN THEIR WINDOWS. Over-flow and guest parking should be done in the parking lot of the Chuck Roberts Activity Center. Remember, if an improper parked vehicle

gets towed, it is the owner’s responsibility to pay the tow fee to get it out. We wish nothing but the best for each of you. Please enjoy your summer!

Thanks, Kathy Johnson, Property Manager Mitchel Kilday, Office Assistant

Riverview: Chuck Roberts Center at 8 AM for Breakfast and 11 for lunch!

Fred Douglas: Fred Occupancy Office for 11 at lunch and a children’s mentorship program!

LP Stough: Community Room at 11 AM for lunch

Summer Workshops– Bring the kids! At RV’s Chuck Roberts Center Johnnie Jordan, Katie Comer, Bran-di Sanders, Zelda Johnson, Denice

Hood & Kieandra Evans

The Talent Show was a HUGE success!!!! Congrats to all our performers who all went home with a goodie bag. We had singers,

poets, chefs, and a lot of dancers!! PCHA is always grateful for Ms. Fluellen and all the good work she does for the community with her ministry. Come out and get involved in

our next event! A back to school bash will be coming our way soon! Call Ms. Fluellen to

get involved 706-636-9223

Ms. Thelma Fluellen President & Founder WomenWhoUnderstand@gmail.com 706-636-9223 PO Box 4274, Columbus, GA 31914

The Neighborhood Talent

Show

hosted by

Women Who Understand

Outreach Ministries, Inc

Riverview: Tuesday, June 13th at Chuck Roberts Center from 4 PM- 6 PM Blake: Thursday, June 15th from 1-3 PM

Frederick Douglass: Monday, June 19th from 4 PM- 6 PM LP Stough: Wednesday, June 28th from 4 PM- 6 PM

In March we had our first resource fairs and had an average of 15 agencies at each fair discussing the FREE services your family

qualifies for: medical assistance, banking, job opportunities, ETC!!!

In June we are having them again with a whole new agency list. You DO NOT want to miss this! You never know what is out there until you look and your family could be throwing away MONEY every

month by not looking into these agencies and their services.

Anyone is welcome to stop by any resource fair at any time during the fair hours. Please join us!!!

Aretha says you better think before you go and

miss these

Resource Fairs!

What you want? Baby, the Resource Fair got it!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T yourself and don’t miss these Resource Fairs in June!

PCHA Celebrations!!!

Want to get involved? We need your help!

Call about becoming a volunteer! We need volunteers to help with reading with the kids in our after-school program. We also need volunteers for our Summer Y.E.S. program. Call us to

learn more!

Afterschool program: Mon– Thurs from 3:30-6 pm Summer Y.E.S. Camp: June and July from 8 am—6 pm (334)-614-2853

1. PCHA After-School and Summer program!!! Currently full for summer. Will be accepting new school year applications, soon.

2. Children’s Time Child Development Center is a 24 hour day care center that accepts CAPS! 706-324-2916

Register your kids for the upcoming school year! To schedule an appointment to complete application, call Higginbotham Head Start at (334)- 384– 0330 or call Haley Ramey for more details (334)- 664– 9991 ext 207.

Congratulations to our two scholarship recipients of the AHAEEF Scholarship, Tawanna Cook and Zabria Neely! These applicants had outstanding submissions

and have big plans for their future! Good luck in college ladies!!

Congratulations to our star students! Leslie Jenkins, Caitlin Toomey and Christina

Hatcher all began their CVCC GED Preparation Classes this year with us at Riverview. They are all now enrolled in college at CVCC through their TRACK

Program. They will all graduate with their GEDs by July and will begin college this

summer! They are on their way up and out! Join them on their journey to success!

Congrats to all our students finishing the school year strong!

We are lucky to have so many bright students- A & B honor roll

students!

Congrats to Ivana Doleman on her amazing performance with

Voices of The Valley! This young lady had a solo! She has a beautiful voice that will get her

far! Be looking out for Voices of the Valley tryouts in August!

Do you need child care at night to be able to take our GED Classes or participate in any of our programs? Please call 334-664-9991 ext 207 .

Through the generosity of Seventh Day Adventist Church, they are volunteering to offer free child care on site during our programs.

BUYER BEWARE!!! It has come to PCHA’s attention of two recent fraudulent activities have occurred posing as the Housing Authority. To be clear, the Housing Authority does not charge for application fees for Public Housing or the Section 8 Program. Make sure you apply directly through the Housing Authority for applications and not through a poser third party site. We would never accept a form of payment outside of a rental office (i.e. park-ing lot, your home, etc). Section 8 clients, please beware of craigslist listings. GoSection8.com is where most of our clients find housing.

2017 Section 8 Applications are predicted to be opening soon. We will inform the general public once we have a confirmed date for the

application window. You will hear it from us first!

WOIA at the Phenix City Career Center is giving you a JOB and/or PAYING for your Associate’s Degree!

WIOA Work Based Learning Program

Designed for out-of-school youth ages 18-24 to gain valuable work experience, learn basic workplace protocol, and acquire professional employment references.

Paid by Family Guidance Center of Alabama at a rate of $7.25 per hour.

Youth can work a maximum of 390 hours (up to 30 hours per week) – the hours per week will vary by job.

WIOA OJT Program This program looks for any person 18

and over to gain paid work experience Participants can work up to 400 paid

hours

WIOA Financial Assistance for your Associate’s Degree

WIOA funds students of any age to go to participating schools in participating programs until obtainment of Associate’s Degree

All program tuition, fees, cap & gown, etc are all included in WIOA funding

Any Pell Grant or additional financial aid received will not used to pay tuition– allowing you to allocate those funds in a better use for you and your family

Some participating schools: CVCC, Troy University, The University of Alabama, ETC

Some funded degree: LPN, Welding, HVAC, ETC

Phenix City Career Center CVCC Campus Brassell Hall Rm 132

Call Haley Ramey with PCHA- 334-664-9991 ext 207

Career boot camp

Are you ready for a better job? Wanting to get ahead instead of

getting by? We’d like to help. COME TO OUR

SUMMER CAREER CAMP!

This is a 5 week program beginning on July 10th. The class will be every Monday at 5:30 pm at the Chuck Roberts Community Center. Classes will

consist of Resume Building, Interview 101, Dress for Success, Goal Planning, & a Job Fair. The program will end on August 7th at

5:30 with a reception at CVCC where each participant will gain a certificate of completion. If transportation or child care is keeping you from

participating please call 334-664-9991 ext 207.

SAVE THE DATES:

July 10th, July 17th, July 24th, July 31st & August 7th

Chuck Roberts Center at Riverview Apartments

6 pm—7 pm

DON’T MISS THIS!!! GET YOUR CAREER WHERE YOU WANT IT! Call to RSVP and hold your spot, now! 334– 664– 9991 ext 207

#GOALS